Live Like A Local With InterContinental's® Weekend Escapes Offer

Special Weekend Rates Throughout The Year With Added Savings During A Winter Sale

NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts has introduced an exciting new offer designed to help travelers take full advantage of their weekend breaks. Launching on December 17th the Weekend Escapesoffer provides guests traveling throughout Europe a minimum of 10% discount off best flexible room rates including breakfast for weekend travel between December 17th, 2012 and December 31st, 2013.

As an added incentive for spur-of-the-moment winter travelers, IHG has announced a seven day winter sale offering deeper discounts to the already enticing Weekend Escapes offer. Travelers who book between December 10th and 17th, 2012 will receive up to 30% discounts off best room rates including breakfast for weekend travel between January 1st and February 10th, 2013. With the help of InterContinental's expert concierge team, these weekend offers are all you need to become a local in one of Europe's most beloved destinations.

In every InterContinental® city, the Concierge will use their "Insider Knowledge" to create locals-only experiences such as a trip to the ancient fountains of Kiev's Mariinsky Park, the changing of the Evzones guards at Athens' Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a visit to the marvelous Carturesti Tea Library in Bucharest or a tour of Almaty's Zenkov Cathedral – one of the few Tsarist-era buildings to have survived the devastation of the 1911 earthquake.

The Weekend Escapes offeris subject to availability and applicable for stays at participating InterContinental Hotels & Resorts in Europe that include a Friday or Saturday night stay between December 17th, 2012 and December 31st, 2013. The seven day winter sale is applicable on bookings made between December 10th and 17th, 2012 for travel between January 1st – February 13th, 2013. For further information and a full list of participating hotels, please visit: www.intercontinental.com/weekendescapes or call InterContinental Hotels & Resorts Central Reservation Office at 1 (800) 424 6835, quoting 'WEEKEND ESCAPES'.